Ilulissat Tourist-Service

General conditions






Groups | Special Tours | General | Degree of Difficulty

GROUPS

If you are visiting Ilulissat with a larger group - on holiday or to take part in a course - you are welcome to contact us in advance to ask for suggestions regarding activities which are suitable for the time of year and your other plans. If you have special requests, we will do everything we can to fulfil them. Group reductions/special prices are available for a number of our arrangements. When we are visited by larger groups we can arrange bus transfers between the airport and hotel and the hotel and the starting point for tours etc. We will also be pleased to meet you on your day of arrival to provide you with a briefing on Ilulissat and region and pass on practical information on the tours you will be taking part in.

SPECIAL TOURS

Ilulissat Tourist-Service also arranges other tours besides those mentioned in the programme. For example, ask for information/prices for the following:

RESERVATIONS

Ilulissat Tourist-Service reserves the right to cancel or make changes to tours and other arrangements in cases where there are insufficient people to take part in them, where there are technical difficulties and where weather, snow and ice conditions make this unavoidable. In these cases we always do our utmost to make changes in such a way as to suit visitors as much as possible.

GENERAL

Our multi-lingual guides take part in many of our tours. On dog sledge tours lasting several days and other longer trips local fishermen / hunters will act as your guides. Meeting place for tours will usually be your hotel as we arrange transfers from here to the starting point for tours.

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

Summer (s):

  • 1s: Everyone can take part.
  • 2s: For those who can walk for several hours off roads in easier mountainous terrain.
  • 3s: For those who can walk for a whole day in more difficult mountainous terrain, but without any kit other than a small rucksack.
  • 4s: For those who can walk for several days in more difficult mountainous terrain with 10-15 kg of kit. Winter (w):
  • lw: Everyone can take part.
  • 2w: For those who can sit on a dog sledge for a few hours in easier terrain (across sea ice or in easier mountainous terrain).
  • 3w: For those who can sit on a dog sledge for a whole day, but are also able to take an active part by walking up hills and getting off and running sometimes in order to keep warm.
  • 4w: For those who can take an active part in dog sledding for many hours during several days and spend the nigth in cabins or tents on route and also be prepared to help with everyday tasks such as cooking, clearing up, packing sledges and possible also ice fishing. In order to obtain a better idea of the "fatigue" involved in winter tours, the above information should be combined with the following information on weather conditions, temperatures and snow conditions etc.

    November / December, Temperatures down to -20 degrees Celsius. lt may snow and be quite windy. There is not very much snow yet so the terrain is not as "soft" as later on in the season. Tours are therefore slightly longer and more physically demanding. Usually, the sea has not yet frozen over so sledding on the sea ice is not possible.

    January / February, Temperatures between -20 and -30 degrees Celsius. The weather is normally stable, but it is necessary to be able to run by the sledge from time to time in order to keep wam. Sledging is normally good.

    March / April, Temperature between -25 and -10 degrees Celsius, increasing during the period. Usually stable weather at this time with the best conditions for sledging.

    May, Temperature between -5 and +10 degrees Celsius. The snow melts rapidly, resulting in small ponds and deep, soft snow, so rubber boots are recommended. At the beginning of the month we may still be able to offer dog sledge tours, but you should note that we may also be driving through ponds, over soil and rocks, so it will sometimes be necessary to get off the sledge to help the driver to get it over difficult places. This means that the excursion will be more physically demanding. Ilulissat Tourist-Service rents out sealskin clothing (anoraks and trousers) and sealskin top boots (kamikker) for sledge tours. This is the best clothing for low temperatures. During the final part of the sledging season overtrousers and tops and lined rubber boots are more appropriate, but we can also offer these. During the summer and autumn we rent out rubber boots, tents, sleeping bags, cooking equipment fishing rods etc.


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    Ilulissat Tourist Service
    P.O. Box 272
    DK-3952 Ilulissat
    Greenland

    E-mail: ilulissat.tourist@greennet.gl
    Phone: +299 4 43 22
    Fax: +299 4 39 33

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